"So, she went from being the child of a village, loved and nurtured by all, to being a child of nothing and no one, with a swiftness that left scars so deep they might never heal."
#FirstLineFridays @shybookowl
The book isn't a novelisation of the 2025 movie, but it was released at around the time it was in production, so I've borrowed a film poster image ?
We're visiting our son in Ely for his birthday, and popping into Toppings for a Christmas present for my great-niece, I made an impulse purchase of the tagged.
It's based on the comics version of the character - sword-and-sorcery in Conan the Cimmerian's Hyborian Age - rather than R. E. Howard's prose version - historical adventure in medieval France - and I'm prepared to allow it a degree of schlock latitude, so anything better than that will ⬇️
pickI feel rather shamed by all of the Threads posts about how we “should” be reading banned books by living, marginalized authors, instead of the “classics”. I‘ve ditched my original list for books by Black and Palestinian authors actively being banned/challenged. I‘ve only got bandwidth for picture books, but this was a great one about belonging and finding a place in the world. The illustrations are beautiful.
pickThis book is appropriate for this time of year. Will she fit in with the new class? The new school? #ISpyBingoJuly Finally finished this board. @TheAromaofBooks
We took a few days to get away just the four of us in between family obligations. I must have read too much Nancy Drew because right away I found a hidden passage and a skeleton key. My son went down to explore and sadly just found a water heater not missing jewelry or a treasure map. Oh well.
1. Went shopping and ran errands + starbies with a friend
2.Bubbaroni turned 6 months!
3.Book buying ban officially ended
4.My husband got me some cheerful flowers for my desk
5.my labubu and lafufu came in
#5joysfriday @DebinHawaii
pickIt's a cute color book. It's hard to see, but the authors' names are in pink. #ISpyBingoJune @TheAromaofBooks
pickNice book but only 3.5 stars. I like the idea, but it seemed that the child felt too much pressure to “choose” their pronouns & words for the day. A better way the adults could have dealt with it is explained that the child was still valid even if they couldn‘t find their “words” for the day. Still, a good book for introducing children to the concept of pronouns. ⬇️
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